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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AJV - 7 (REQUIREMENTS): James Keith (D10) is the DC Based Article 48 Re presentative to the AJV Office. Below is Mr. Keith's summary for this week. · Met with Jeff Woods, Tom Adcock, and Mickey Vitti. Dis cussed a strategy moving forward for training for facilities on ATPA (Automated Terminal Proximity Alert). · The 4th TRACON evolu tion virtual session was held. Again the te am provided great information. There are two more sessions and the process of breaking all the information down will begin. · Met with Tim Furnai (AJV - 72) to go over different p rograms under his supervision. · Meet with Frank Lias (AJV - 7) to go over different programs under is supervision. · Attended the Interval M anage ment (IM) workgroup. The work group was able to address and close some issue brought up by AJV - 7. · Mr. Woods and Mr. Keith met with Mr. Lias and discussed ATPA and TFDM. AIRSPACE: Jim Davis (PCT) leads NATCA's efforts with airspace as the Nat ion al Airspace Lead. Below are reports from Mr. Davis and various airspace team leads. · NorCal Metroplex o Participated in the Weekly National Metroplex Telcon (Wed): received information from Program Office and all other Metroplex projects; pro vided team status update. o Participated in the Weekly NorCal Team Telcon (Wed): verified readiness for Oct 15 th Chart Date at NCT and ZOA; discussed recent NCT ATSAP reports; planned agenda items for 10/21 Telcon, including status report of 10/15 change s; discussed upcoming leave and availability of team members through Nov. o Compiled feedback for recent ATSAP reports and disseminated for team concurrence; final docs will be forwarded to the WSA and NCT Facility Leadership NLT Wed, 10/21. o Oct 15 th Chart Date changes implemented as planned with minor filing issues. Team members will continue to monitor the changes for any issues that may arise and will triage as appropriate. Amendments included: BDEGA2 (SFO) removed the 28R transition; OAKES2 / BANN D1 (OAK) split the OAKES arrival from the east into separate West and Southeast plan routes; EMZOH2 and WNDSR2 (OAK) both modified multiple fixes and restrictions from the south and north. o Outstanding: SoCal and NorCal Metroplex Team work. Initial info rmational PowerPoint received from ZLA; ZLA and ZOA to work out agenda, necessary SMEs, availability of each team and location / type of meeting. Action item remains outstanding due to the priority and significant workload caused by the environmental proce ss (for SoCal). Current impact: none. o Upcoming Activities: Oct 15 th – Dec 10 Chart Amendments; weekly NorCal Team Telcons. o Upcoming Travel – Nov 2 - 6: Quarterly Staff Meeting (Los Angeles);